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Re: The M50 is the bargain buy
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Miguel-C wrote:
This is the first time i see anyone claiming the 1080p on the M50 is in anyway improved over canons past cameras.
Canon improved the bitrate on the 1080P in the M50. The M5 has a paltry 35Mbit. Makes for small footage, and not bad footage, but higher bitrates retain more IQ. Simple as that. M50 has more than double the bitrate in 1080P. As an example, my former M2, had 50Mbit 1080P, it's footage although didn't have as good AF, was cleaner. It also had uncompressed audio (vs the new stuff is compressed), also cleaner. Codecs do matter.
Look if the M50 feels great for you and does everything you want and need thats awesome, i dont want to be a party spoiler. But i find it hard to believe that the AF improvements are that pronounced, when the M5's AF is great for most activities. I mean, i can shoot my dodgy cats, i can do portraits too and the servo follows really well.
The M5 is a huge advancement over the M3 I had before it. However, the M50 is indeed an advancement above that. I've owned both, I don't work for Canon. I'm telling you the honest truth. Now if you're happy with your M5's AF, great. The M5 was good enough for most things. However, the M50 practically does everything, vs the M5 could struggle in low-light with slower lenses and tracking outside of single point was a mess. M50 fixes both.
I think we forget that AF is also a skill, and i used to shoot motor events with my old Nikon D40 just fine, single AF point, no tracking.
As I said, if you're happy with an M5, D40, be happy. Is the M50 that much better? Yes, absolutely. And it makes the camera even more fun. The M5 is fun. In my book the M50 is fun-er (and more capable).